copperah
Americannoun
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It is obtained by pressure or boiling from the kernels, which are first broken up into small pieces and dried in the sun, when they are known as copperah or copra.
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That for exportation is usually obtained by pressing the copperah in a simple press turned by bullocks.
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The exports of copperah from Ceylon were, in 1842, 115 cwts.; in 1843, 2,194; in 1844, 2,397; and in 1852, 39,174 cwts.
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The value of this product to Ceylon, may be estimated by the following return of its exports in 1847, besides the local consumption:— £ Declared value of nuts 5,485 Ditto of Coir 10,318 Kernels, or Copperah 6,503 Shells 210 Oil 19,142 Arrack 11,657 Total £53,315 The annually increasing consumption of the nuts holds out a great inducement to the native proprietors to reclaim all their hitherto unproductive land.
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This is called cobri, copra, or copperah in different localities.
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